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CVE-2025-27614 (GCVE-0-2025-27614)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-10 15:02 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:09
VLAI
Title
Gitk allows arbitrary command execution
Summary
Gitk is a Tcl/Tk based Git history browser. Starting with 2.41.0, a Git repository can be crafted in such a way that with some social engineering a user who has cloned the repository can be tricked into running any script (e.g., Bourne shell, Perl, Python, ...) supplied by the attacker by invoking gitk filename, where filename has a particular structure. The script is run with the privileges of the user. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.43.7, 2.44.4, 2.45.4, 2.46.4, 2.47.3, 2.48.2, 2.49.1, and 2.50.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-10 15:54 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
j6t gitk Affected: >= 2.41.0, < 2.43.7
Affected: >= 2.44.0, < 2.44.4
Affected: >= 2.45.0, < 2.45.4
Affected: >= 2.46.0, < 2.46.4
Affected: >= 2.47.0, < 2.47.3
Affected: >= 2.48.0, < 2.48.2
Affected: >= 2.49.0, < 2.49.1
Affected: >= 2.50.0, < 2.50.1
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